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Ful medames
Serves: 8 small servings
Wake up to ful medames, an Egyptian stew made from fava beans and chickpeas,
spiced to perfection and served with eggs or pita bread.
Ingredients
Préparation
| ½ tsp. (2.5 ml) black
| 19 oz (540 ml) can of
pepper
fava beans (with liquid)
1. In a medium-sized pot, bring the fava
beans (with liquid), chickpeas and water
to a simmer over medium heat. Remove
pot from heat and mash some of the beans
(about ½ cup) against the side of the pot.
| 19 oz (540 ml) can of
chick peas
| 2 medium tomatoes,
finely diced
| 1 c. (250 ml) water
| 1 small onion,
finely diced
| 2 cloves of garlic,
minced
| 1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
| 2 tbsp. (30 ml)
lemon juice
2. Stir in the garlic, salt, lemon juice, cumin and
black pepper.
| Handful of parsley,
chopped, as garnish
| 2 tbsp. (30 ml) olive oil
| Lemon wedges
3. Transfer the bean mixture into one large
serving dish or divide across four small dishes.
Drizzle with olive oil and arrange the tomato,
onion and parsley decoratively on top.
4. Serve with lemon wedges.
| 1 tsp. (5 ml) cumin
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A tasty way to add plant-based protein
to your breakfast
